Glass Architecture - Futuroscope (Poitiers, France)

Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futorscope and audio-visual techniques. It has several 3D cinemas and a few 4D cinemas along with other attractions and shows, some of which are the only examples in the world. It is located in the department of Vienne, 10 kilometres north of Poitiers, on the territory of the communes of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou and Jaunay-Clan. The park had 1.6 million visitors in 2007. In total, 35 million visitors have been to the park since it opened in 1987 (By comparison, Disneyland Paris saw 15.3 million visitors in 2008.)

Coral Castle - Wonder World Of Florida (America)

Coral Castle - Wonder World Of Florida (America)


Coral Castle is a very unique "residence" built by Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian immigrant, over the course of twenty eight years (1923-1951).This popular South Florida tourist attraction is located at 28655 South Dixie Highway, Homestead, FL 33030. The museum's staff can be reached by phone at (305) 248-6345.Coral Castle Museum is open to the public Sunday through Thursday from 8 AM to 6 PM. On Fridays and Saturdays the attraction is open a bit longer from 8 AM to 8 PM.The cost of admission is $9.75 for adults, $5 for children aged 7 to 12, $6.50 for senior citizens, and free for children 6 years of age or younger. There are also discounts for groups of 10-39 people ($7.75 each) or groups of forty people or more ($6.50). The group rates for children and seniors are slightly lower.

Shilin Stone Forest, China, Weird Rocks Pointing to the Sky

The Stone Forest of Shilin is located in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County, southeast of Kunming Qujing Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China. This amazing “forest” is said to exist for over 270 million years, from the Paleozoic era. It is a karst landform with unique limestones (sedimentary rocks composed largely from minerals), which were washed by the sea and created groups of gray-black stone peaks and stone pillars. This unique forest has a few unusual characteristics:  it consists of thousand of narrow, pointing to the sky, weirdly-shaped rocks towering up to a height of between 5 and 30 m (15 and 100ft) giving the impression of a very dense forest with old trees.

Unusual Building – Azadi Tower (Teheran, Iran)

The architect, Hossein Amanat, won a competition to design the monument, which combines elements of Sassanid and Islamic architecture. It is part of the Azadi cultural complex, located in Tehran’s Azadi Square in an area of some 50,000 m². There are several fountains around the base of the tower and a museum underground. The iconic Monument des Martyrs in Algiers (built, 1982) shows a strong influence by this monument, in its general design as well as its details. Built with white marble stone from the Esfahan region, there are eight thousand blocks of stone. The stones were all located and supplied by Ghanbar Rahimi, whose knowledge of the quarries was second to none and who was known as “Soltan-e-Sang-e-Iran”. The shape of each of the blocks was calculated by a computer, and programmed to include all the instructions for the building’s work. The actual construction of the tower was carried out, and supervised by Iran’s finest master stonemason, Ghaffar Davarpanah Varnosfaderani. The main financing was provided by a group of five hundred Iranian industrialists. The inauguration took place on October 16, 1971.

Hong Kong Mira Hotel

A superb interior design ideas by designer Charles Allem of Miami, the Hotel was very luxurious palace “Mira Hotel” built in Hong Kong. The pool at the restaurant, through the rooms or reception, the hotel has invested more than $ 65 million for the occasion.